When Edwards created the spreadsheets in Google, the Facebook page for stranded motorists had roughly 3,000 members. By 6 a.m. Wednesday, that figure had more than doubled, to nearly 7,000.

"Just a wonderful group of people all pulling together," he said.

Georgia Smith Slade is one of the original group that got the Facebook page going, Edwards says. And fellow volunteer Tollie Williams helped improve the lists. He "really made the tech side work," Edwards says.

The spreadsheet itself had nearly 200 entries around 6 a.m. Many of those had been tagged overnight with updates indicating the person had been helped, with either the word "SAFE" or "Rescued" added on to their entry.

But not everyone has been helped. At 5:57 a.m., an entry was added for a diabetic man stuck on I-20 near exit 140. Edwards says the volunteer group has at least been in contact with many of those with serious conditions, and is continuing to work through its list.

Many of those volunteers have been at it for quite some time, but Edwards says the success stories are helpful motivation.

One woman posted her success story to the group's Facebook page. "I have been trying to get help from emergency personnel for literally hours," her story reads. "Everyone from multiple EMA offices to local police in Leeds to 911 in her area. It took one guy who thought to start this page (Thank you Trey Edwards) and bring people together.

"Randall Moore was our rescuer (and whoever the gentleman was who was with him) and he was really on it. Didn't take him long at all to find my niece Paige and her son TJ. I was able to speak to her on his cell phone and he is taking her to a local church shelter."